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Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: The Legacy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Name: Breanna Ohler
Content Area: English Grade Level: 11
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
Reading Standards for Literature

1.Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including
determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

2. Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and
build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

10. By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11CCR text complexity band
proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Big Ideas/Unit Goals:
Students will be able to understand the plot and central ideas in F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby as well as be able to identify the era in which the novel was
written. In addition to this, students should be able to correlate the themes of the novel with the historical time period of the Roaring 20s. Students will
be able to answer why the novel was written, how it represented its time, and the impact it had on its audience. Students should also be able to analyze
how the novel critiqued its time period.

Unit Summary:
Students will read, analyze, and recognize the significance of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald on its time period and on todays society. Students will be
able to identify the themes, plot, and main ideas of the novel and how they develop as the novel progresses. Ultimately, students will have read the novel, learned
about the historical context it was written in, and how the novel reflects its time period. In addition, students will be given the opportunity to determine that The
Great Gatsby is still impacting the present society.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: Formative: Summative:
Freewrite Journal Reading quiz Literature circle presentation
Freytags pyramid graphic organizer Essay
Flashcards
Literature circle discussion

Lesson 1
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
Students will be able to (Assessments): Students will respond to a prompt by completing a freewrite journal.
recognize the plot and Freewrite journal and Students will fill out a graphic organizer of Freytags pyramid based on the plot of The Great Gatsby.
themes of the novel. Freytags pyramid graphic Students will watch a short clip from the 2013 movie of The Great Gatsby.
organizer
Lesson 2
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Students will be able to Reading quiz Students will be presented with a teacher lecture.
correlate the themes and Students will complete guided notes.
issues discussed in the Students will take an online reading quiz.
novel with the time period Students will create flashcards at home.
it was written in.
Lesson 3
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:
Students will be able to Literature circle Students will get in Literature Circles to discuss the novel as a whole and create an iPad presentation.
determine why this novel is discussion/presentation Students will take home an essay assignment for homework.
still important today and and essay
how society was critiqued
in the novel by analyzing
themes and historical
context.
Unit Resources:
Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Movie: The Great Gatsby (2013)
iPad
iPad apps: Google Docs, Google Slides, Safari, and Dropbox
Useful Websites:

Youtube Video: Introduces The Great Gatsby to students.


USA Today: Discusses why the novel is important to read.
Huffington Post: Discusses why the novel is important to read.
Washington Post: Discusses why the novel is important to read.
Schmoop: Gives information on plot, themes, symbols, and other aspects of the novel.
Gale: Gives information on basic ideas presented in the novel.
Sparknotes: Gives information on plot, themes, symbols, and other aspects of the novel.
Biography: Presents who F. Scott Fitzgerald was.
Big Think: Provides information on who F. Scott Fitzgerald was and why he wrote the novel.
Brooklyn Brainery: Provides a map to the location of where the novel is set.

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